New Census To Be Sought By Village Officials

MUNDELEIN — Village officials will ask the U.S. Department of Commerce for a special census, the second special count the village has requested since the 1990 census.

A new count, reflecting Mundelein's rapidly increasing population, could allow the village to receive increased revenue from state income tax, motor fuel tax and use tax totaling more than $68 per additional person.

A 1993 census put the village population at 23,722 and 8,287 households. Since then, the Building Department has issued more than 1,000 new single-family construction permits and more than 270 multifamily permits, which indicates an increase of some 2,550.

The cost of the census is expected to be $93,996. Village officials anticipate receiving increased payments of $94,000 per year for 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, which will pay the cost of the census in the first year.